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laterite
lat·er·ite [ láttə rt ] (plural lat·er·ites)


noun 
Definition:
 
red tropical soil: a reddish mixture of clayey iron and aluminum oxides and hydroxides formed by the weathering of basalt under humid, tropical conditions. There are extensive deposits in India.
[Early 19th century. < Latin later "brick"]

lat·er·it·ic [ làttə ríttik ] adjective
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